The backstitch is one of the most common embroidery stitches out there, but did you know there are other stitches that build off of it and make it look fancy? First, I’ll be going over how to do a basic embroidery back stitch, and then we’ll get into two of the more fun and fancy …
Over the past year, I’ve been learning web development, and I have recently created a project called Hand Embroidery Helper that will help you search for hand embroidery stitches you would like to learn, as well as free projects you can use to practice the stitches! This embroidery helper tool is somewhat small at the …
If you’ve just started learning to embroider, you may have come across a French knot and decided to try your hand at it. This stitch can be somewhat frustrating and challenging. When I first started practicing this stitch, the thread would get tangled and the knot often times would end up looking loose or have …
What are the types of embroidery stitches? There are many different embroidery stitches, and even the most basic of stitches can have many different variations. Because of how long the list would be, I’m going to include the embroidery stitches that are most commonly used. This post will separate them into a few groups based …
When you’re first learning how to embroider, it’s smart to start with some of the most basic stitches of embroidery. Once you’ve mastered these stitches, you can build off of them and learn even more. News Flash! You can certainly make a beautiful embroidery with just a few different stitches! There are seriously SO many …
I’ve created a PDF of all of the stitches you need to start out to create beautful hand embroidery work! It doesn’t take much to make a piece that looks beautiful, in fact you don’t even need to incorporate all of the stitches I’m about to show you. Even a simple back stitch for the outline of a piece looks amazing! To show you, the embroidery I made below only uses four basic stitches, all of which I’m going to show you today.